Copying process and apparatus for typewriters



June 9, 1925. 1,541,322

. C. H v CALDWELL COPYING PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR'TYP EWRITERSOiiginal Filed Sept. 20, 1920. 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 V i v I I X42 WEEEEL EEIEI=\ C fr renceHCa/dwe/fi June 9, 1925.

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coPYIue PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TYPEWRITERS Origifial Filed Sepf. 20,1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 L 1 C/ rencefl Co/dwe/I Patented June 9, 1925.

CLARENCE H. CALDWELL, 0F OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

COPYING PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TYPEWRIT'ERS, I

Continuation of application Serial No.

T 0 all whom it mag concern. Y

Be it known that I, CLARENCE H. CALI) ELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the village of Oak Park, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin a Copying Process and Apparatus for Typewriters; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to thenumerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This application is a continuation of my application Serial No. 411,519,filed Septem ber th, 1920. v

This invention relates to a process and the related apparatus forcopying notes from stenographers note books when transcribing same bymeans of a typewriter, and has for its object the production of a newand novel device and an improved process of using the same, whereby thenotes of the stenographer may with a minimum expenditure of time andtrouble, and with greater ease in manipulation of the note book than hasheretofore been possible. 7

An object of the invention is the provision of an attachment fortypewriters whereby a stenographers .note book may be held in positionover the typewriter so that the shorthand notes therein may be readilyread and transcribed and with a minimum of errors due to the accidentalskipping of lines or pages. I p

A further object of the invention is the provision of a stenographersnote book which when used by this improved process constitutes a moreefficient method of taking and transcribing notesin shorthand.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a deviceand a process of using the same, wherein the note book of thestenographer is always retained in a compact, handy and convenientposition, the leaves being at alltimes securely held from fluttering ordropping back over the matter to be transcribed.

Animportant object of the invention is the provision of a device and aprocess in connection therewith which automatically brings into positionthe following leaf of a stenographers note book after one leaf sidesofthe member 1 with the webs of the has been entirely transcribed.

be read and transcribed path to 411,519, filed September 20, 1920. Thisapplication filed September 7 Serial No. 588,754.

()t her and further important objects of this invention willbe'apparentfrom the disclosures in theaccompanying drawings and specification.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings andhereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a' plan view of the improved attachment for typewritersshowing a note book in position thereon.

Figure '2 is a side elevation thereof with the note book partly brokenaway.

Figure 3 is a section through the attachment and note book upon areduced scale.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view of a pair of leaves of thej notebook.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through the attachment showing the notebook in a different position. p 1

Figure 6 is a sectional view showing the note book in still anotherposition.

Figure 7 is a plan viewof the note book.

As shown on the drawings:

In carrying out the novel process of this invention, it is contemplatedthat the ste-' nographers? notes be recorded in a note book' such as isillustrated in Figure 7, by writing across the pagefrom the top to thebottom thereof and downward across the front surface of the adjacentrear leaf, and starting from the rear of the note book. Thus in Figure 7is shown a note book assumed to have fifty pages numbered consecutivelyfrom the front of the book. While notes may be recorded on the fiftiethpage, it is better to begin recording notes upon page 48 and continuingdown page 19 until the same isfilled. Page 48 may then be turned and thenotes continued on page 16 and across page 17, etc.

In transcribing notes recorded in the above manner, the note book iscaused to intermittently travel in an oblong or similar allow the notesto be transcribed and to allow the leaves to be automatically turnedduring such travel for bringing the next page to be transcribed beforethe operator.

channels directed inwardly whereby a runway isformed in each side of theoblong member. Tie rods 3 may connect these channel members to maintainthe same in proper spaced relation.

Suitable bearingsare secured to the Webs of the channel members adjacentthe ends thereof,and suitable apertures are made in the Webs inalinement with said bearingsi or i b irin t e tq re l a d. rea s a s aan a, both oit'whieh extend into said runirey feetl JUPP l e r bket' hes 6 i bll seciire'd thereto. Endless members in the "term of sprgcketchains 'Z are trained over th se sproc e s and op rate in a runwa sbeing substantially concealed'therein so that they are not likely tocauseinjury. The for- Ward shaft 4 projeots, beyond one side oi the Qgil ongn e nber l where it is plOViqed with an operating knob 8 Xyhich'nay be grasped by the hand and rotated for simultaneously rotatingtheocket chains '7.

A note bojokfholder is connected at its opposite ends to the sprocketchains 7 and travels over the surtace of said oblong men,- bei- 1. Thisnotebook holder is illustrated as consisting of a bar 9 having returnedbent ends which extend into the runway and Which are suitably securedtothe sprocket ch ns- Su abl e u s 10 y be slidably supported upon the bar9 l and clamping or claspingmembers 11 maybe piyote to these lugs andconstrained toward lampi g ac i n by t sp ng (n shown), as is usual in'sich forms ofclamps clas'psf he note book is adapted to beinserted'between the olamps li'ichmay be rais l; by pressing on the endsthereof and iylii'cli; maybe properly adjusted by sliding .th'elu'gs 1 0on the bar 9', as is obvious. These cl mp ng embers il pres the ot bbk aainst thebar 9' and cause to travel With the 9 as the same is caused totravel arpund the oblon or support 1 "T ebb ng airpor 1v sbblapt' d e esupported upon a base 12 by nie'ansj ofend brackets which" are providedat their upperends with journal bearings to receive the ends of; theshafts l and 5, saidba se being adapted for attachment to a' typewriter.A pair swinging arms 14 are p iwzoted their lower ends to thetwo'forwardbrackfits 1 3, and the upper ends of these arm scarry amarker 15 which is in the, form of a thin flat bar Whieh spans thesupport 1,, and serves as a guide under Which the notebook is confined,besides indicating the line ot'notes to be transcribed. One or the arms14, may b6 PFovided with a handle 16 torps winging tlie'guidef andnarker 15 vghich may be swung so that ift'Will adjust itself, to,thethickness' of the notebook passed thereunder, se an be readily seenby Viewing Figures. 5, and 6, the former of Which illustrates aplurality ofleaves held under the guide and marker 15, While the lattershows a single leai so held.

When my novel method of operating the note book for. transcribing. thenotes is used in connection with the above described apparatus, the notebook is positioned under the marl-(er with the first page of notes whichis represented by the numeral 48 in View. The upper end of the note bookis then clamped upon the conveyor bar 9, as shown in Figure 2. Then byproperly rorating the knob 8 and its shaft h the front sprocket will berotated and cause the chains to travel around the sprockets. As thechains travel, they carry the note book holder 9 around the surface otthe oblong support, as is obvious. After the note book has been secured,as shown in Figure 2, it is rotated around the oblong support until itis sub stantially in the position shown in Figure when the marker mayrest under the first line or notes to be transcribed upon thetypewriter, and theleait containing page 4 9 is traveling along behindthe leaf containing 4 Y .E page 48. When the first line Q1 page 48 hasbeen transcribed, the knob 8 is turned to advance the note book anotherline and so on until the last line of pag 48 has been transcibed'f Theleaf containing-page 48 may now be released by the 'clasps 11- whichwill then engage the leaf containing: page 46 Page49iylnchtollotvspage'48 may now be transcribed by intermittently rotating the knob 8, asis shown'in' Figure 6-. Ass/page 4?} is being thu's'wise transcribed,leaf containing' page 48 will dangle from the note book as shown inFigure 6, W'h llj3 leaf containing the page 46 is passing beneath theoblong'support'so that page '46 Willtollow page 49in'thetranscribingprocess. When page is being transcribed, leafcontaining pages 47 and 48 Willhe trailing along under the oblongsupport with page 47 "faoing do'wnwardlyxso'as to followpage 46 in thetranscribing process.

Thus, it Will be apparent that page 48-is first. transcribed, then page49, page '46 and page 47,"in succession, and that after page 48. hasbeen transcribed and released, its'leaf will be automatically turnedduring the operation 'of-the note" book so'that the reverse side or page47 will follow page 46 which should be "lea-f containing the transcribedbefore page 47.

The leaves of thenote book are preferably bound by some flex iblematerial which may readily permit the note book to travel arounditsbblong support. It will be appreciated that two pages of notes-aretranscribed Withou't"turnin g 'a leaf, and that a transcribed page isautomatically turned so that itsireverse side or page may follow inconsecutive order the taking ot the notes. The-pages a'r'e thuswiseautomatically set in consecutive order according to the taking oft henotes.

I am aware that numerous details of construction may be varied through awide range without departing from the principles of this invention, andI therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than isnecessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. The method of handling leaves flexibly connected together at one end,which con- 1 sists in clamping together all but the top leaf thereof,then causing them to travel in an unbroken path, and at the completionof each cycle of movement unclamping the top clamped leaf only.

2. The method of handling leaves flexibly connected together at one end,which consists in clamping together all but the top leaf thereof, the-ncausing them to travel intermittently .in an oval path with said topleaf trailing. and at the completion of i each cycle of movementunclamping the top clamped lea-t so'that it will trail during the nextcycle of movement.

3. In an apparatus of the class described,

a support, a note book having its leaves flexibly connected together atone end, releasable laterally adjustable clamps for said book, and anendless traveling member in said support to which said clamps areconnected.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, an oblong support, and meansfor clamping a note book thereon and causing the same to travel aroundsaid support, comprising a book clamping member spanning said supportand having downwardly and inwardly extending ends, and endless travelingmembers connected to the ends of said member.

5. In an apparatus of the class described, a hollow oblong support,channel members secured in the sides of said support for formingconcealed runways, rotatable mem; bers rotatably supported in saidrunways, endless members trained over said rotatable members, and a booksupport secured at its ends to said endless members. a

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

CLARENCE H. CALDWELL.

